driven

driven

English

Etymology

    From drive + -en.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈdɹɪvn̩/
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    • Rhymes: -ɪvən

    Verb

    driven

    1. past participle of drive

    Adjective

    driven (comparative more driven, superlative most driven)

    1. Obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals.
      highly driven
      driven person
    2. Formed into snowdrifts by wind. (of snow)

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    Middle Dutch

    Etymology

    From Old Dutch drīvan, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈdriːvən/

    Verb

    driven

    1. to drive, to push (forward)
    2. to drive (to do something)
    3. to do, to perform
    4. to float

    Inflection

    Conjugation of driven (strong class 1)
    infinitive base form driven
    genitive drivens
    dative drivene
    indicative subjunctive
    present past present past
    1st person singular drive drêef drive drēve
    2nd person singular drijfs, drives drēefs, drēves drijfs, drives drēves
    3rd person singular drijft, drivet drêef drive drēve
    1st person plural driven drēven driven drēven
    2nd person plural drijft, drivet drēeft, drēvet drijft, drivet drēvet
    3rd person plural driven drēven driven drēven
    imperative
    singular drijf, drive
    plural drijft, drivet
    present past
    participle drivende gedrēven

    Descendants

    • Dutch: drijven
    • Limburgish: drieve

    Further reading

    • driven”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
    • Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “driven”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

    Middle English

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

      From Old English drīfan, from Proto-West Germanic *drīban.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈdriːvən/

      Verb

      driven

      1. to drive

      Conjugation

      Conjugation of driven (strong class 1)
      infinitive (to) driven, drive
      present tense past tense
      1st-person singular drive drof
      2nd-person singular drivest drive1, drove1
      3rd-person singular driveth drof
      subjunctive singular drive drive2, drove2
      imperative singular
      plural3 driven, drive driven, drive, droven, drove
      imperative plural driveth, drive
      participles drivynge, drivende driven, drive, ydriven, ydrive

      1 Later replaced by the 1st-/3rd-person singular or drofest.
      2 Later replaced by the indicative.
      3 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

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      Participle

      driven

      1. past participle of driva

      Adjective

      driven (not comparable)

      1. driven, operated

      Declension

      Inflection of driven
      Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
      common singular driven
      neuter singular drivet
      plural drivna
      masculine plural2 drivne
      Definite positive comparative superlative
      masculine singular3 drivne
      all drivna

      1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
      2 Dated or archaic.
      3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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